IDNO

P.85629.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.302.ACH1: “Native tomb, Lake Bonney .... ”

Six Aboriginal burial tombs on the shoreline of Lake Bonney. The tombs are constructed with a base platform with pumpkin and melon plants overlying an A-frame structure of branches. Skulls are attached to the external sides of the tombs. [JD 23/8/2007] [WV 23/4/2009]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; South Australia; Lake Bonney

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

von Blandowski, Wilhelm [Artist]

Collector / Expedition

von Blandowski, William [Blandowski Expedition to the Lower Murray River, 1857]

Date

1862

Collection Name

Haddon Collection

Source

?Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.84200. to P.84255. and P.85603. to P.85634. were tied together in a bundle.

Bibliographical Reference: Blandowski, William von, 1862. Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 159. William v. Blandowski, Australia. Native tombs, Lake Bonney in 140o & 34o S.E.”. [JD 23/8/2007]

CUMAA Exhibition: P.84112.ACH2 to P.85713.ACH2 were on display in the SSL as part of the Brook Andrew ‘The Island’ Exhibition, 24th June - 27th September 2008. [JD 25/6/2008]

Publication: Blandowski, W. 1862. Australien in 142 Photographischen Ahbildungen. Gustav Neumann, Gleiwicz. Edited by Harry Alien. Translated from the German by Lillian Barton. Translation Copyright: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2007. with the caption:
“136. At the Bonney Lake in South Australia there are many of these huts and they have the appearance of little villages. Pumpkins and melons grow on the graves making them a curious sight in the season when the fruit and vegetables are ripe. Drawing by W.v. Blandowski.” [WV 23/4/2009]

Bibliographical Reference: For discussion of authorship see: Allen, H. 2006. Authorship and ownership in Blandowski's Australien in 142 Photographischen Abbildungen. Australasian Historical Archaeology 24:31-37. [Jane Lydon, Monash University, 8/7/2009]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 23/8/2007]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Aboriginal Visual Histories Project, Monash University. [Wonu Veys 23/4/2009]